Vote Fraud in New York

Published
Tue, Sep 13 2011 7:17 AM

Today's election in
the 9th Congressional District in New York has allegations of dirty
tricks.NBC New York reports that:

Democratic congressional
candidate David Weprin isn't denying accusations that his campaign volunteers
tried to spy on his rival's headquarters to send back intel… Weprin campaign
spokeswoman Elizabeth Kerr admitted Weprin had sent a "tracker" to
follow Turner at public events but denied that any staffers misrepresented
themselves as reporters or Turner volunteers.

You don’t have to look
outside the state to find more dirty tricks in an election.Democrat elected officials in Troy, New York are
in midst of an election fraud trial.Former
City Clerk William McInerny has pled guilty to vote fraud.He admitted to a judge in court that he “signed the absentee ballot for
Demetrius Banks with the intent to defraud.” Elections Commissioner Edward
McDonough and City Councilman Mike Loporto were also indicted for vote fraud.

Unfortunately New York
City –unlike Troy—does not have a recent history of going after vote
fraud.Steven Richman, general counsel
for the city Board of Elections admitted, “There's no extensive investigation normally on a voter registration
form… We accept it at its face value.”Some have even admitted to newspapers that they double vote and have not
been prosecuted.Former Democratic vice
presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro and her husband John A. Zaccaro, Sr. votedboth in New York City and at her summer home in Saltaire.Ferraro claimed to The New York Times
that she should have the right to vote twice because
“People are making decisions on how our taxes are spent… We have payment
without representation.”

Ferraro is not alone in
double voting.The New
York Daily News found 46,000 voters
registered in both New York and Florida and that “between 400 and 1,000
registered voters have voted twice in at least one election.”Double voting remains illegal and punishable
by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The New York 9th
Congressional District election is very close, and it would not take much fraud
to change the outcome of the election.